RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDAS
Friday, May 2, 2014, 1:10 p.m.
Rutgers Student Center, Multipurpose Room
College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick


FIRST MEETING OF THE 2014-2015 UNIVERSITY SENATE:

ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA FOR THE ELECTION OF 2014-15 OFFICERS, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND BOARD REPRESENTATIVES:

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM - Ann Gould, Senate Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY: REPORT OF THE NOMINATING PANEL - Robert Puhak and Jon Oliver, Nominating Panel Co-chairs
Charge to the Nominating Panel

Slate of Nominees  Follow this link to read the candidates' campaign statements in alphabetical order by candidates' names. or statements by position on the ballot.

NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR

STATEMENTS OF THE NOMINEES

VOTING AND COLLECTION OF BALLOTS

ADJOURNMENT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING

[Election results, if available, will be announced during the Regular Senate meeting, which follows this meeting's adjournment. Results will also be posted on the Senate website by Monday, May 5.]
 

 
LAST MEETING OF THE 2013-2014 UNIVERSITY SENATE [Begins immediately following collection of ballots from the election meeting]:

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA OF THE 2013-14 UNIVERSITY SENATE:

CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Ann Gould, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY:
PLEASE PRINT OUT AND BRING WITH YOU ANY DOCUMENTS TO WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO REFER DURING THE MEETING. ONLY THE AGENDA (AND THE BALLOTS FOR THE ELECTION) AND VOTING CARDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN HARDCOPY AT THE MEETING.

COMMITTEE REPORTS: Each report will be presented/summarized by the committee chairs, then will be discussed and acted upon by the Senate. PLEASE REVIEW THESE REPORTS BEFORE COMING TO THE MEETING.

Student Affairs Committee (SAC) Response to Charge S-1210 on Early-Open Study Space - Kristine Baffo, Robert Barraco, and Samuel Rabinowitz, SAC Co-chairs - The SAC has been charged as follows:

Early-Open Study Space: Determine the interest in, and feasibility of, a study area on each campus opening early (5:00 a.m.) for commuter students.

Executive Committee (EC) Response to Proposal for Union of Nursing Programs and Personnel on the Stratford Campus of the Legacy UMDNJ School of Nursing with the Rutgers School of Nursing - Camden - Ann Gould, Senate and Executive Committee Chair

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) Preliminary Response to Charge S-1012A on Balance of Full-time and Part-time Faculty Teaching and Table of Fall 2012 Courses Taught in the SAS-NB  - Ann Gould and Rudy Bell, FPAC Co-chairs. The FPAC has been charged as follows:

Balance of Full-time and Part-time Faculty Teaching: Consider the 1999 Report on the Balance of Full-time and Part-time Faculty Teaching at Rutgers University, and, with updated numbers and charts from the Office of Academic Affairs, make recommendations concerning changing trends and shifting percentages.  [Note: Data received from the administration on this issue in 2010 were updated but incomplete. The request for updated information was renewed in March 2012.]

Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee (FPAC) 
Response to Charge S-1212 on Definition of "Faculty" in University Policies  - Ann Gould and Rudy Bell, FPAC Co-chairs. The FPAC has been charged as follows:

Definition of "Faculty" in University Policies:  Investigate whether there is a need for a definition of "faculty" to be used in University Policies. If so, develop a definition of "faculty" to be incorporated into those policies.

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
- Robert L. Barchi, University President

REPORTS OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS


REPORTS OF CAMPUS STUDENT LIAISONS

ADJOURNMENT

 
[Note: Article IV.A. of the Senate Bylaws states, "All new matters shall be referred to committee before coming to the Senate (unless extenuating circumstances apply, as indicated under section C.4..."]

*Note: Addition of items to the Agenda requires a two-thirds vote. There is an overall time limit of 2-1/2 hours for Senate meetings. Specific time limits are set for questions and debate, not for presentation of reports. After approval, extension of time limits requires a two-thirds vote.